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There is a user on the AVR-Freaks list who does electronic stuff for model trains. His name is Torby (Tom Ruby).

Jim

James Wagner
Oregon Research Electronics
https://sites.google.com/site/oregonresearchelectronics/home



> On Feb 2, 2016, at 1:20 PM, wolfram_s@hotmail.com [AVR-Chat] <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> HI Everyone
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> I'm new to this group and seeking advise.
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> I've been out of the embedded side for too many years now while concentrating on Medical Practice software.
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> Seeing my retirement is only a week away and I have model railway that needs to look alive I thought I better pull the proverbial digit out and get into setting up some cpus for running some of the lighting on the layout.
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> My past experience been with various Motorola processors, and the occasional 8080/Z80 family members.  I have a never used PIC system.  In previous job a colleague was rather taken by the Atmel family so I thought I'd them a go.
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> The task I have is relatively straight forward,
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> A 0.5 second timer, that makes the processor advance through a table (probably each row a byte) and according data turns an LED connected to a given IO pin on or off.  The 'table' will have 0.5 hr worth of data and when the end is reached will cycle through again.  I may require from 16 to 20 output pins.
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> If ready made modules are available that can be programmed via USB it will be better still.   I have enough soldering to do without making up SMD boards, because there will be a number of these required.
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> Any suggestion I will be most grateful for.
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> Kind Regard
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> Wolf
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> (Melb. Australia) 
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